Investors & Capital Partners
We partner with a small number of investors across Hertfordshire, North & West London, Buckinghamshire and Essex — on development schemes we build out, and on land promotion, where planning is funded to unlock a site's value without ever taking on construction. Our own capital and expertise sit in the work, so our interests sit squarely alongside yours.
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Quality over volume — a small number of carefully-chosen schemes, run by people who have sat on both sides of a land deal.
We focus on residential sites in the commuter belt — acquiring the right site, securing the right planning for the location, and building to a standard that holds its value. The discipline that matters most sits at the start: buying well, designing the right scheme, and keeping the numbers viable and deliverable from first appraisal to completion. It's the same judgement that decides whether a scheme succeeds, applied to protecting the downside as much as pursuing the upside.
Two strands
We work on two distinct types of project, and they carry genuinely different risk profiles. Some investors are interested in one and not the other, which is entirely reasonable — they are not the same proposition and we don't present them as though they were.
The conventional route. A site is acquired, consented and built out, and the finished homes are sold. Capital is deployed against a physical asset, over a longer period, and carries construction risk — build cost, programme, and the state of the market on completion.
We fund and run the planning process on land we don't own, under an agreement with the landowner. If consent is secured, the land is sold on the open market and the proceeds are shared. There is no build, no construction liability, and no finished homes to sell — the entire exercise is about converting planning risk into land value.
Funding promotion
Land promotion needs capital at the front end. Securing consent on a site means paying for the planning strategy, the architect, the transport and ecology consultants, surveys, reports and application fees — real money spent over months, long before anything is sold. On a small site that might be a modest sum; on a larger or contested one, considerably more, and an appeal can add to it again.
That cost is what promotion funding covers. An investor funds some or all of the planning spend on an agreed site; if consent is achieved and the land sells, the proceeds are shared on terms agreed at the outset. Our own fee is a share of the sale too, which means we are not paid more for spending more — we are paid for getting the right consent on the right site.
The risk is different, and in one important respect it is sharper. Development capital is deployed against land and buildings. Promotion capital is spent on professional fees, and those fees buy no asset. If planning is refused and an appeal fails, that money is not recoverable — there is nothing to sell and nothing to hold. It is closer to a binary outcome than development is, and it should only ever be capital an investor can afford to lose entirely.
What it avoids, in exchange, is everything that happens after consent: no build cost inflation, no programme overrun, no contractor insolvency, no exposure to what the market is doing two years later when the homes are finished. Whether that trade is attractive depends entirely on the investor, which is why it is a conversation rather than a product.
Why partner with us
We co-invest our own time, and on the right scheme our own capital, alongside yours. We succeed when you do.
Two decades bringing schemes forward across London and the South East — from small developments to large-scale regeneration.
Acquisition, planning and viability controlled from day one — the things that actually protect capital and decide whether a scheme works.
Supported by experienced partners with a marine and civil engineering background, bringing capital and delivery discipline to every project.
How it works
Every arrangement is shaped privately, case by case, around the scheme and the people involved. We don't publish terms or returns here — any specifics are discussed privately, with proper documentation, and only with investors who qualify and after the appropriate checks. Your own advisers should always be involved.
Common questions
Any opportunity is private and made available only to people who qualify — for example, professional, high-net-worth or sophisticated investors as defined under the relevant rules — and is subject to appropriate checks. It is not open to the general public. You should always take your own independent financial and legal advice.
We don't quote returns or targets here — this page is information, not an offer. Property development carries real risk to capital, and every scheme is different. Any specifics would only be discussed privately, with the right documentation, and after the appropriate checks.
We co-invest our own time and, on the right scheme, our own capital alongside yours — so we succeed when you do. We're a developer who has delivered, not just a manager, and we bring a discipline around acquisition, planning and viability that is there to protect the downside as much as pursue the upside.
Two things. Small residential development across Hertfordshire, North & West London, Buckinghamshire and Essex — acquiring the right sites, securing the right planning for the location, and building to a standard that holds its value. And land promotion, where we fund and run the planning on land we don't own, and the site is sold with consent rather than built out. We take on a small number of each, chosen carefully.
Promotion means securing planning permission on someone else's land under an agreement with them, then selling the consented site on the open market and sharing the proceeds. Getting there costs money — planning consultants, architects, transport and ecology work, surveys and application fees — and that spend happens up front, long before any sale. Promotion funding is capital that covers those costs on an agreed site, on terms settled at the outset.
Materially, and in both directions. Promotion avoids everything that comes after consent: no build cost inflation, no programme overrun, no contractor risk, no exposure to the market two years on. But promotion capital is spent on professional fees rather than deployed against an asset. If consent is refused and an appeal fails, there is no land or building to fall back on and the money is generally not recoverable. It is closer to a binary outcome, and should only be capital you can afford to lose in full.
It is a real possibility on any site, and it has to be priced in from the start. Depending on the site and what the refusal turns on, there may be a case for appeal or for a revised application, and we would take a view on the merits rather than pursue it automatically. But if the planning route is ultimately exhausted, the money spent on fees is gone. We would rather say that plainly at the outset than have anyone discover it later.
With a private, no-obligation conversation. If there's a fit, we'll take it from there properly — with documentation, checks and your own advisers involved.
Private & no obligation
Whether you're interested in residential development or in funding land promotion, we'd welcome a private conversation — including an honest view of which, if either, suits you. Every discussion is treated in confidence.
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